For weeks, we’ve heard that Erin Hills isn’t your typical US Open venue thanks to extra-wide landing areas off the tee that indicate an edge to golf’s longest hitters. But it appears that if you miss those fairways, the rough is as penal – if not more – than what you’d expect at America’s national championship.
How Jordan Spieth came to partner Ryan Palmer at next week’s two-man Zurich Classic of New Orleans; how Wesley Bryan celebrated his US PGA Tour breakthrough; Ian Poulter’s malaise; a rare Tiger Woods sighting; the online furore over Jason Dufner’s ‘putter drop’; and is it time for a Ryan to win again?